ILAP submitted a public comment regarding the Biden administration’s proposed asylum interim final rule, recommending that the rule not be implemented as proposed due to unreasonably rushed timelines, disparities in asylum office grant rates, and concerns about due process.
Read MoreILAP joined nearly 80 other local, state, and national organizations to call on all levels of Maine’s government to coordinate an immediate, state-wide response to guarantee housing and services for newly arriving asylum seekers.
Read MoreILAP joined Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP), ACLU of Maine (ACLU), and Dr. Basileus Zeno to publish a report, Lives in Limbo: How the Boston Asylum Office Fails Asylum Seekers, that uncovers the injustices of the Boston Asylum Office and provides a window into the systemic problems within the immigration system at large.
Read MoreExecutive Director Sue Roche, Esq. testified in Support of Proposed Amendment to LD 1999: An Act to Require Civil Rights Officers at Law Enforcement Agencies, before the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
Read MoreExecutive Director Sue Roche, Esq. testified in support of Part JJ of the Supplemental Budget (LD 1995) to increase funding for civil legal aid before the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee.
Read MoreIn this fact sheet, the Justice Action Group calls on the Maine legislature to take steps to fulfill the promise of equal justice by investing more in civil legal aid services throughout the state.
Read MoreILAP attorney Maggie Loeffelholz was featured in the “Any Day They Could Deport Me” report from the End SIJS Backlog Coalition, a national group of directly impacted youth and allied advocates calling on Congress and the Biden Administration to protect immigrant children and youth.
Read MoreILAP is deeply disappointed in the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling that citizenship cannot be included in the budget reconciliation process. This is a setback, but not the end. Our elected representatives must do everything in their power to ensure the inclusion of pathways to citizenship this year.
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